If you thought the Kiwis were a friendly, genial bunch then think again, The Wild Army has gone down under to rob, steal, conquer and plunder. 

Max Maxwell's Always Right In goes in with some bouncing big room house made to be heard on a big rig. Squelching bass, spoken word, smooth production and a breakdown for peak time as the delayed synths wonk out. 

Marcos Alonso's remix ups the wobble and squelch but makes it a more heads-down affair. Proper nailed down, deep house music that delivers.

Nick Munday goes techno with acid bass, arpeggiated arps, MPC drums and a whole heap of machine soul. One for the heads, the dancers and the ravers.

Marcos' Piece Of The Puzzle is subterranean house music that wobbles, burbles and slides along, driven by rhythm guitar. Synth melodies, SFX vocal snippets and smooth production go late night. 

Paper artist Kennedy takes Piece of the Puzzle, keeping things low and slow but adding a bit of extra fizz. Warped vocals take things leftfield.

Leo Mas: "Piece of the Puzzle is a fave here!"

40 Thieves - "OG of Piece Of The Puzzle is lovely!"

Snax: :"Marcus Alonso and Original mix of Piece Of The Puzzle for me!"

Duncan Grey: "excellent release..plenty to like here but I have a feeling that the Marcos Alonso remix is going to be the killer"

Wild Kiwi Army

Always Right (Marcos Alonso Remix)

Max Maxwell - Always Right In (Marcos Alonso Remix)

For Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber, the idea of rebirth is a creative driving force – an artistic device which not only informs their work, but anchors it.
As the avant-garde electronic group Tosca, the two artists have lived many musical lives, from their early electronic experiments with tape decks to the blissed-out dub compositions with which they have made their name.

Their most recent album, OSAM, takes this idea of renewal even further. Now they have reworked the source material from their ninth record and selected some of their friends to help make MIRAGE: The OSAM Remixes.

They connect with previous long term remix collaborators such as Brendon Moeller, Balint Dobozi, D’al Senio, Oberst + Buchner, Sam IRL, Domenico Ferrari and Cay Talan for an array of remixes which lead to transcendence on the dance floor with piano rises, dubbed out moments and ambient forays. Tosca also sprinkle some of their own magic on this album with their own reworks and reinterpretations.

Clean Up (Balint Dobozi Remix)

TOSCA - CLEAN UP (Balint Dobozi Remix)

'When it’s so nice, why not do it twice? The iconic John Beltran returns once again to Oath to exercise his passionate love affair with all things Balearic, and to say he expanded upon his 22’ EP with style is a severe understatement..

Based purely on his outputs over the years, there is little that seemingly John Beltran cannot do, and the results of his near 30 year long career are there for all to experience, taste and sample. His music simply speaks differently, touching upon the palette of emotions that make up the human experience, be it the tenderest of sensory affirmations through to the euphoric, emboldening sweeps that get the listener lost deep within themselves - in the most perfected way imaginable. Emerging from the spectrum of sounds that made up that oh so referenced decade of the 90s, Beltran stands tall amongst his peers in this sense, with his discography alluding to many differing spheres of influence, a testament to the age old adage of never standing still - there’s always room to grow, to experience, to nourish. From the sheer dance laden brilliance of Placid Angles, the experimental grooves of Nostalgic, the techno excellence of Indio, and the everything that permeates the music released under his own name, John Beltran continues to reset the goalposts, and we simply have to sit back and watch it all evolve right in front of us.

True to his broad reaching range of influences, Beltran’s passion for Jazz, Brazilian and Balearic music has shone through in numerous ways within his career. His early 2000s LP releases on Ubiquity and his work with Sol Set are prime examples of how to merge live percussive influences with gorgeous, emotive synth work and vocals, and clearly these ideals stuck with Beltran as he revitalised the Sol Set project for last year’s ‘Ola de Novo’ on All Good, alongside the magnificent ‘Para Viajeros’ EP. Both records showcased a majesty of instrumentation, a series of moods that are deeply evocative and pleasant to the ears in numerous levels. But there is never a sense of being lost within it all, as all the elements work tirelessly to create a perfected atmosphere of being, a cordial and highly tuned environment that feels so very believable. Its music you want to hold in your hands for the rest of your days, a vessel that transports to that idealised version of life where everything feels just right. 

'Serendipia’, Beltran’s new LP, carries forward the ideals of Sol Set and reignites the quietly evolving flames that were lit last year, and as an elaboration on his craft and its sound its really quite something. 

The rhythms are set to the rhythms of life, such as on the tracks ‘Taina’ and ‘Cachaca’, which focus on up tempo latin and jazz rhythms to get the pace set beautifully. 

As journeys go, there’s so much here to fall deep within, to be unravelled both within and out width the mind and body - to be honest, we come to expect nothing less from someone like John Beltran, who’s continual dips into the space between instrumentation and emotion conjure up records like no other. '

Follow: @john-beltran

Premiere: John Beltran - Taina ft. Arnold, Ezel and Simonson [Oathcreations]

!! These are stripped-down 160mp3 snippets of the original tracks !!!

Artist:  Yuu Udagawa
Album:  Some Time Ago EP (incl. Manuel Tur remixes)
Cat.No.:  CPT 618-3
Format:  digital only

Tracklisting:

1. Trace Your Body (7:06)
2. Some Time Ago (5:42)
3. Some Time Ago (Manuel Tur Remix) (5:30)
4. Blows My Heart (7:44)
5. Go Slowly On Supersonic (5:45)
6. Some Time Ago (Manuel Tur Remix Bonus) (4:39)

Info:
Guaranteed dance jewels from Japan, by the much-lauded female producer and DJ Yuu Udagawa. Warm house, midtempo groover and a gorgeous broken techy track plus on top fantastic Manuel Tur remixes.
About Yuu Udagawa
Yuu Udagawa, a Tokyo-based DJ, producer, and sound artist. With a broad variety of inspiring sounds like rock, hip-hop, Latin jazz, techno and house having shaped her inimitable style over the years. It comes as no surprise that Yuu’s music is truly captivating. It is both uplifting and soothing; marked by an elegant sophistication that reflects her desire to find harmony according to Golden Mean theory.
Yuu has been serving crowds at clubs, festivals and fashion shows with her repertoire as a DJ and it was only natural that this creative energy found its way into making music, so prepare to be taken into the groove.
In 2022, she was featured on Manuel Tur’s “Dreamharmonicon (feat. Yuu Udagawa)” release on Compost Records. In 2023, Yuu released her debut EP “Forever” on Cyphon Recordings (UK).
Also Yuu engaged in the creation of audio environment for aquariums, museums, apparel brands, etc., and produced soundscapes, In 2022, Yuu has produced the sound inside of a 3D hologram theatre and 7.1ch sound, sound installations at Japan’s first immersive museum featuring Impressionist masterpieces, such as Monet, Degas, etc, among other commissions.

Links:

Website:  www.yuu-udagawa.com
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/yuu.udagawa88
Instagram:  www.instagram.com/yuu.udagawa
Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/vigoomix
Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HD4Fb8pIvG6kaN97kUQDC Bandcamp:  https://yuuudagawa.bandcamp.com

Yuu Udagawa - Some Time Ago (Manuel Tur Remix Bonus) (Snippet)

Memories Flowing (feat. Samson for President) Julio Victoria joins forces with the Colombian-Swedish ‘soul noir’ singer, Samson for President, in this euphoric track that stands out for its fusion of voices and beats. Produced in Colombia in 2023, this cut is the result of a creative collaboration that blends a collection of memories and cultural contrasts from the lives of its two protagonists. This is a new dimension to the Colombian producer’s work, which allows him to expand into wider pop and dance spaces that evoke bright and joyful moments.

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PREMIERE : Julio Victoria - Memories Flowing

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This month we delve into a trippy trove of Hip-Hop loops and lo-fi scratchy gems. Replete with endless samples and crackling bleeps this show was an unusual exploration into the Mojo Filter vaults..

Featuring unlikely samples from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and some Dre productions..

p.s The answer to the question IS the question! No?

TOSCA - CLEAN UP (Balint Dobozi Remix)

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